Access Restriction Bypass Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [,2.6.28.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.08% (24th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-3005719
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed22 Feb 2009
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 22 Feb 2009

CVE-2009-0675  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 2.6.28.6 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The skfp_ioctl function in drivers/net/skfp/skfddi.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.6 permits SKFP_CLR_STATS requests only when the CAP_NET_ADMIN capability is absent, instead of when this capability is present, which allows local users to reset the driver statistics, related to an "inverted logic" issue.

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